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Monthly Archives: December 2016

The woman looking back at me from the mirror near the end of 2016 certainly isn’t the one who was there at the beginning of the year. This woman is more confident, more observant, looks happier, has eyes that occasionally sparkle again and looks forward to whatever the day might bring. This woman is learning […]

I recently made an important discovery about myself. I’ve found my Christmas spirit again. I’ve always been in tune with the religious aspect. I am Christian, and understand the significance of the holiday to my spiritual life. I go to the church services, sing the songs of faith and praise, and feel the specialness of […]

I watched my 8-year-old Brittany dog Bullet as he lithely maneuvered through the woods in one of my favorite bird hunting spots, weaving in and out among trees and brush and easily scaling rock walls while never losing sight of his main objective — finding birds. We had just had snow the day before, so […]

No one can find the spirit of Christmas faster than a child — or children, in this case. I wasn’t looking for Christmas spirit, as I had just marked the one-year anniversary of my husband Jim’s death from pancreatic cancer, but it certainly found me. I was wandering among the people milling about and talking […]

Julie Harris

As a longtime employee of Bangor Daily News, I have served many roles over the years, but I now have a dream job as Community Editor. I live in Hermon with my four Brittany dogs: Sassy, Bullet, Thistle and Quincy, who keep me busy in various dog sports. I was widowed at age 51 when my husband, Jim, died of pancreatic cancer.